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Awards Update: The First Oscar Predictions of the Season
June 13, 2025
By:
Hunter Friesen
Final 2025 97th Academy Awards Predictions
February 28, 2025
By:
Hunter Friesen
Hunter Friesen
Last Updated: 09/24/2025 Next Update: 11/01/2025
1 | One Battle After Another | ||
2 | Hamnet | ||
3 | Sentimental Value | ||
4 | Sinners | ||
5 | Marty Supreme | ||
6 | Wicked: For Good | ||
7 | It Was Just an Accident | ||
8 | Frankenstein | ||
9 | Jay Kelly | ||
10 | Is This Thing On? |
Best Picture
1 | Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) | ||
2 | Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) | ||
3 | Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) | ||
4 | Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) | ||
5 | Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme) |
Best Director
1 | Sentimental Value | ||
2 | Sinners | ||
3 | It Was Just an Accident | ||
4 | Jay Kelly | ||
5 | Is This Thing On? |
Best Original Screenplay
1 | One Battle After Another | ||
2 | Hamnet | ||
3 | Train Dreams | ||
4 | Wicked: For Good | ||
5 | Wake Up Dead Man |
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 | Jeremy Allen White (Deliver Me from Nowhere) | ||
2 | Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) | ||
3 | Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) | ||
4 | Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) | ||
5 | George Clooney (Jay Kelly) |
Best Lead Actor
1 | Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) | ||
2 | Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) | ||
3 | Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good) | ||
4 | Laura Dern (Is This Thing On?) | ||
5 | Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You) |
Best Lead Actress
1 | Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value) | ||
2 | Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) | ||
3 | Paul Mescal (Hamnet) | ||
4 | Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly) | ||
5 | Jeremy Strong (Spingsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere) |
Best Supporting Actor
1 | Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good) | ||
2 | Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value) | ||
3 | Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) | ||
4 | Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme) | ||
5 | Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine) |
Best Supporting Actress
1 | One Battle After Another | ||
2 | Sinners | ||
3 | Wicked: For Good | ||
4 | Wake Up Dead Man | ||
5 | Jay Kelly |
Best Casting
1 | Frankenstein | ||
2 | One Battle After Another | ||
3 | Hamnet | ||
4 | Sinners | ||
5 | Marty Supreme |
Best Cinematography
1 | One Battle After Another | ||
2 | Hamnet | ||
3 | Sinners | ||
4 | Frankenstein | ||
5 | Jay Kelly |
Best Original Score
1 | TBA | ||
2 | TBA | ||
3 | TBA | ||
4 | TBA | ||
5 | TBA |
Best Original Song
1 | One Battle After Another | ||
2 | Hamnet | ||
3 | Sentimental Value | ||
4 | Marty Supreme | ||
5 | Sinners |
Best Film Editing
1 | F1: The Movie | ||
2 | Wicked: For Good | ||
3 | Sinners | ||
4 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | ||
5 | One Battle After Another |
Best Sound
1 | Frankenstein | ||
2 | Wicked: For Good | ||
3 | Marty Supreme | ||
4 | Sinners | ||
5 | Hamnet |
Best Production Design
1 | Wicked: For Good | ||
2 | Frankenstein | ||
3 | Hamnet | ||
4 | Sinners | ||
5 | Marty Supreme |
Best Costume Design
1 | Frankenstein | ||
2 | Wicked: For Good | ||
3 | Sinners | ||
4 | The Smashing Machine | ||
5 | 28 Years Later |
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
1 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | ||
2 | F1: The Movie | ||
3 | Wicked: For Good | ||
4 | Frankenstein | ||
5 | Superman |
Best Visual Effects
1 | Zootopia 2 | ||
2 | KPop Demon Hunters | ||
3 | Arco | ||
4 | In Your Dreams | ||
5 | Elio |
Best Animated Feature
1 | Sentimental Value (Norway) | ||
2 | It Was Just an Accident (France) | ||
3 | The Secret Agent (Brazil) | ||
4 | No Other Choice (South Korea) | ||
5 | The President's Cake (Iraq) |
Best International Feature
1 | 2000 Meters to Andriivka | ||
2 | The Alabama Solution | ||
3 | The Perfect Neighbor | ||
4 | Seeds | ||
5 | The Librarians |
Best Documentary Feature
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